8:41 PM,
Apr. 8, 2013

Punter Pat McAfee rides the lift to raise the flags Friday March 22, 2013 at The Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

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Indiana's motorsports business would be helped by an old-fashioned form of horse-power to accelerate a legislative effort to get state aid: Horse racing.

Under changes being debated to two measures - Senate Bill 91, which helps the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, and Senate Bill 528, which helps casinos and racinos keep up with out-of-state competition - money from Indiana's two horse-track racinos would be tapped to give loans to the speedway and other motorsports businesses.

The unlikely meshing had some lawmakers scratching their heads, and a few downright angry. ...